bend

From Lesson 2:Kanji 1·Japanese

Usages of bend

grain
禾 component

Mnemonic: the grain is so heavy that it bends the tree it grows on.

do not
勿 component

Do not bend it twice or it'll wrap around itself!

cliff
厂 component

This one clearly looks like a cliff.

step
彳 component

To take a step, a person must bend their knee.

good
良

To find what's good, seek stillness in the mind and a willingness to bend.

spoon
匕 component

You can bend a fishhook into a spoon.

woman
女
hand
手

A hand is basically a collection of hooks that can bend at two joints.

nine
九

You're in a race, but in the ninth second, you already bend your car around a tree.

thousand
千

Bend ten times, and you'll reach a thousand.

white
白

You bend towards the sun, and are covered in white light.

spear
戈 component

You visit a peace ceremony in which everyone bends their spear such that it becomes useless.

small bird
隹 component
horns
丷 component
ice
冫 component
old
耂 component

When you get old, you start to bend and end up in the soil.

longevity
寿

Longevity is achieved by following the path of the three bends and living with measurement.

lose
失
every
毎
page
頁

You drink tea with a shellfish to make sure you're on the same page.

insignificant
⺍ component

Two dots and a bend, truly the most insignificant kanji components.

flag
尸 component

This kanji looks just like a flag.

wind
風

The wind is blowing so hard that it even bends the insects under the table.

spine
呂

As you can see in this diagram, the slightly bent spine connects the mouth at the top of our body with the mouth at the bottom of our body.

丿
bend component
during
乍

During your yoga class, you have to bend three ways while balancing on a stick.

twenty
廾 component
water
氵 component
hand
扌 component

You see one hook and you bend it with your hand.

younger brother
弟

When your younger brother gets born with his little horns, I offer you my condolences. Your life will take a sudden bend into darkness.

power
力

You see one hook, and you bend it with your power.

noon
午

At noon, light bends to dry everything in sight.

topped rice
釆
self
自

If you bend your eye far enough, you can see your self.

grade
段
stone
石
few
少
wear
着
history
史

Every mouth that tells history, bends and stretches it in its own way.

hair
彡 component

These three bends just look exactly like hair.

tusk
牙
consider
考

Do you ever consider that when you get old, you will be so bent that you will basically wrap into yourself?

standing heart
忄
nail
爫 component
head of a ghost
甶 component

You bend at the rice paddy, and the head of a ghost appears.

Wi
ヰ component

ヰ is an obsolete katakana character, previously used to represent the sound wi.

Now, the sound wi is represented by the digraph ウィ(Ui).

Though ヰ is not used as a katakana character anymore, it does appear as a component in multiple Kanji.

scissors
𠂇 component

The scissors you're holding has one blade that's bent.

beyond
向

Bend around the desert, and you'll find what's beyond.

certain
必

When you are certain, your heart does not bend.

genius
才

One hook is all a genius needs to bend the universe to their will.

gun
𠂉 component
calamity
夭

A calamity bends our life in a big way.

interior
奥

Even if you bend the upside down box, the rice is simply too big to fit in its interior.

fingernail
⺤

A fingernail's bend is insignificant, yet uniquely ours.

cross
㐅 component
measure
升

You have to bend over twenty times to get the right measure.

distinction
差

The sheep takes a bend at work, making a clear distinction.

fifth
戊

When bent, a spear is only a fifth as effective.

tile
瓦

One bend drops the second tile.

tea
丆 component

One bends the mind by drinking tea.

prolong
延

People want to bend you. People want to stop you. But with long strides, you prolong your journey forward.

cow
⺧ component

You see a bend in the soil, but then realize it's a cow.

first time
初

You display how you bend a sword for the first time.

to branch
𠂢 component

There are three bends in the river and then it branches.

Easter Bunny
卯

The Easter Bunny has a bend in its back but is still high-priced.

claw
爪

You bend your claw twice, then stick it in the air to stretch it.

question mark
乎

You see someone with horns bend over, inserting one hook somewhere, and you have some question marks about this situation.

blood
血

You bend over to inspect a plate. It's covered in blood.

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